[mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?

[Brent Fraser]

Dan,
  Thanks for the reminder: "Google First"
  It looks like both SYMBOL and FONT use binding.
Brent

> http://research.dmsolutions.ca/?p=118
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> This would indicate the answer is yes.
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> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
>> To: "mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org" <mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:05:28 AM
>> Subject: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT?
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>> The short story:
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>>   Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e
>> store the
>> symbol name as a attribute of a feature)?  And the LABEL objects FONT
>> name?
>>
>> The Long Story:
>> ---------------
>> I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose
>> v2. It
>> allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and
>> assign
>> attributes, then stores them in PostGIS.
>>
>> I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the
>> size of
>> "War and Peace", so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column
>> binding
>> abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects.
>>
>> To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be "style name"
>> (or maybe
>> "feature class"), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR,
>> WIDTH,
>> etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style.
>>
>> After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important
>> objects can
>> be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT
>> 'name':
>>
>> CLASS
>>   STYLE
>>     ANGLE [angle]
>>     COLOR [color]  #R G B
>>     OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B
>>     SIZE [size]
>>     WIDTH [width]  # v5.2
>>
>>     SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET
>>
>>   END #STYLE
>>
>>   TEXT ([label])
>>   LABEL
>>     ANGLE  [label_angle]
>>     COLOR [label_color]
>>     OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor]
>>     PRIORITY [label_priority]
>>     SIZE [label_size]
>>
>>     FONT 'name' # in FONTSET
>>
>>   END #LABEL
>> END # CLASS
>>
>> How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT?
>>  I
>> suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Brent Fraser
>>
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